Images: The week in pictures
Mourners gather near the spot where Gabriella Drozdz was killed by a hit-and-run driver.
Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
Tina Rose of The Dreamtree Shakers entertains during the annual Mt. Prospect Midsummer Downtown Block Party.
Samantha Bowden/sbowden@dailyherald.com
Before his homecoming parade, Lance Corporal Kevin Cronin receives a hug from Libertyville High school classmate Ashley Jackaitis.
George LeClaire/gleclaire@dailyherald.com
Lance Corporal Kevin Cronin rides on top of a John Deere tractor for his homecoming parade in Libertyville.
George LeClaire/gleclaire@dailyherald.com
The plane is a living history lesson, said flight crew member Gerald Oliver. Oliver served along with Jim Neill and Larry Popp on a Commemorative Air Forces restored B-29 Bomber duringa visit to DuPage Airport. Instead of taking people to a museum, we take the museum to the people.
Rick Majewski/rmajewski@dailyherald.com
Actor Tom Felton, Harry Potters nemesis, meets with fans at the Hollywood Palms and Hollywood Boulevard Cinemas in Naperville and Woodridge. He poses for a photo with Jordan Martner, 18, of Sugar Grove. I got here at 6 a.m. this morning and sat in the rain for five hours to be the first in line. It was worth every second, Martner said.
Daniel White/dwhite@dailyherald.com
Ronnie Hyde of Bloomington, Indiana competes in the tie-down roping event at the St. Charles Championship Rodeo at Kane County Fair .
Kristin Ackmann/kackmann@dailyherald.com
Carolyn Sims, 16, of Lake Zurich wears a wedding dress from Volles Bridal and Mr. Tuxedo as she prepares to ride in the Lake Zurich Alpine Festival parade.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
Robert Zapfel warns scavengers of the sewage-contaminated furniture alongside the road near his Mount Prospect home on Emerson Street.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
Peter Bacik of Des Plaines adjusts sandbags around his house along the Des Plaines River on Big Bend Road.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
Dana Lebron, right, comforts Kara Sprinkle as friends and family gather and march in the Lake Zurich Alpine Festival parade in memory of hit-and-run victim Gabriella Drozdz Sunday. Drozdz of Lake Zurich was killed by a motorist Friday night as she and two other friends were walking along Church Street on their way to Alpine Fest community festival.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
Brain Ellingsworth of Plainfield and Joseph Jackson of Carol Stream battle it out for first place in the demolition derby on the final day of the Kane County Fair in St. Charles. Jackson won the derby.
Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
The Elite Women and Elite Masters Women inline-skating marathon took place at the Alexian Brothers Fitness for America Sports Festival in Hoffman Estates.
Kristin Ackmann/kackmann@dailyherald.com
Mike Donner, right, and his son Thomas, continue to cleanup flood damage to their home in Arlington Heights. They had 8 feet of water in their basement as a result of weekend rains.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
Mike Donner of Arlington Heights contemplates the flood damage to his basement.
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Burt rides Scooby-Blue, left, races BoBo on Sasha during the Banana Derby with Americas Favorite Monkey Jockeys at the Lake County Fair in Grayslake. Burt won the race to the cheers of the crowd.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
Monica Keane, Executive Director of Career Place of Barrington, gives her powerpoint presentation at a prayer breakfast for local clergy.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
Katie Thern, 13, of Lake Zurich holds Chives, a Netherland dwarf rabbit, as Addison Michelau, 3, of Round Lake reaches out to pet the animal with her mother, Jamie, during the Lake County Fair.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
Makenzie Winters, 14, of Grayslake jumps on the quad-power attraction at the Lake County Fair in Grayslake.
Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
A motocross pro 450 rider crosses the finish line at the Lake County Fair.
Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
The Ferris Wheel lights up the night sky at the Lake County Fair.
Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
Former Sugar Grove library director Beverly Holmes Hughes gets emotional as numerous members of the community speak on her behalf during a library board meeting. Holmes was recently let go.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
Nadir Nelson, 8, of Forest Park checks out his own impression at the DuPage Childrens Museum exhibit during the DuPage County Fair in Wheaton.
Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
Nearly all the boats sank at the Cardboard Boat Regatta of the Founders Days Festival in Algonquin.
Kristin Ackmann/kackmann@dailyherald.com
Donnie Langland of Algonquin, 20, won second place for his team Course Record in the Cardboard Boat Regatta of the Founders Days festivalin Algonquin.
Kristin Ackmann/kackmann@dailyherald.com
Caroline Donahue, left, and owner Laura Knecht of Redefind clothing shop on Station Street in Barrington, hauls out Hilda and Lucy respectively, to join several other mannequins on display in front of the store for the first day of Barrington Sidewalk Days.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
Kathy Solberg surveyed storm damage as she walked down Thunderbird Trail in Carol Stream on Thursday.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Teens participating in the World Youth Day carry a cross during Friday night mass at St. Marys Church in Buffalo Grove.
Samantha Bowden/sbowden@dailyherald.com
Bert the cat is sized up by the judges in his pirate costume at the dog and cat show at the Algonquin Founders Day festival in Towne Park on Friday. Bert is owned by Gabrielle Sarto, 10, and her brother, Riley, 8, of Algonquin.
Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
Sugar Grove Village President Sean Michels named Lil Adams the Sugar Grove Citizen of the Year at the Sugar Grove Corn Boil on Friday. Lil has been a resident of Sugar Grove for forty-four years, and runs the Sugar Grove Township Community House.
Kristin Ackmann/kackmann@dailyherald.com